Improvement in horse blankets and pantaloons combined



CQ'FRANKE. Ho'rse Blahket and Pantaloons Combined,

No. 160,012. Patented Feb.23,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHAR-LES FRANKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE BLANKETS AND PANTALOONS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,012, dated February23, 1875 application filed January 15, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES FRANKE, of NewYork, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful CombinedHorse Blanket and Pantaloons, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of ahorse-blanket, arranged with suitable yokes and. fastenings, whereby theblanket can be folded and fastened together, to form pantaloons, whendesired.

In the accompanying drawing, Figures I, II, and III represent theseveral parts of which the blanket is formed. Fig. IV represents a sideview of the blanket as used to cover the horse, and Fig. V represents afront view of the pantaloons when the blanket is folded and fastenedtogether for that purpose.

A represents the main part of the blanket, cut open at one end at a, andsplit so as to have a tongue, B, between. This tongue B is made withparallel sides n n, .while its end is rounded or pointed. In the end ofthe tongue a button-hole, d, is made, and on one side, E G, of theblanket three button-holes, f g h, are made, while on the other side, FH, two button-holes, r s, and two buttons, d It, are arranged andfastened. O and O represent the yokes, whose sides o and w correspondwith and are attached to the central out w and o of the main partA ofthe blanket, while the sides n n correspond with and are attached to thestraight parts n n of the tongue B. In the yoke 0 two buttons, f g, anda button-hole, z, are provided on the side E,

described, the whole will form a comfortable horse-blanket, asrepresented in Fig. IV, and can be fastened on the horses chest by meansof the button 2 bein g passed through the button-hole 2.

When the blanket is to be used as pantaloons the uncut part of theblanket is folded over inward near the line h, and the two sides G and Hfastened together by means of the button-hole h and button h, formingthus the body or upper part of the pantaloons the end of the tongue B isthen attached to the button 61 and the side F folded over the side F,and the side E folded over the side E,'and fastened together by means oftheir respective button-holes and buttons, forming thus the legs of thepantaloons, as shown in Fig. V. On each side of the blanket, near theend of the tongue B, gores D D are cut out, to facilitate the turningover of the sides when used as pantaloons.

'The number of buttons and corresponding button-holes may be increased,if desired; or

other arrangements for fastening the sides together, such as hooks andeyes or strings, may be made.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a horseblanket consisting of theblanket A, cut open at one end and with a tongue, B, in combination withyokes O G, attached to the same, in the manner described, and providedwith suitable fastenings, arranged substantially as and for the purposeherein specified.

CHARLES FBANKE. Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, ISAAC AARON.

